2023 NYC Climate Week Event
Decarbonization Through Collaboration
Accelerating Cement’s Progress to Carbon Neutrality
The cement and concrete industry: We’ve built civilizations. Our products define strength and resilience. Now we have a plan to achieve carbon neutrality. Join us for continental breakfast, networking, and two panel discussions. Industry CEOs, government regulators and climate change experts will review how close we are to carbon capture, how alternative fuels and raw materials are saving the day, and what policies we need to accelerate industry’s progress toward net zero.
Agenda
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Mike Ireland — President and CEO, PCA
Fernando Gonzalez — CEO, CEMEX; GCCA Vice President
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David Turk — Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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Discussion topics: industry progress, where the cement and concrete industry stands with CCUS, what it needs to hasten development, and what it will take to clear the hurdles to scalable CCUS.
Overview — Filiberto Ruiz — President and CEO, Votorantim Cimentos North America; Chairman, PCA Board of Directors
Moderator — Dr. Julia Attwood — Industrial Decarbonization Specialist, BloombergNEF
Panelists
- Brad Crabtree — Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Thomas Guillot — Chief Executive, GCCA
- Abigail Regitsky — Senior Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
- Chris Ward — President and CEO, Heidelberg Materials; PCA Board of Directors
Q&A
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Catherine Stewart — Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change
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Discussion topics: how change is driving progress – Alt Fuels, Alt Raw Materials and Overall Energy Efficiency
Overview — Massimo Toso — President and CEO, Buzzi Unicem USA; Vice Chairman, PCA Board of Directors
Moderator — Dr. Julia Atwood — Industrial Decarbonization Specialist, Bloomberg NEF
Panelists
- Dr. Patricia Gómez — Deputy Chief Resilience Officer, Miami-Dade County Office of Resilience
- Jeremy Harrell — Chief Strategy Officer, ClearPath
- Tim Kuebler — President and CEO, Giant Cement Holding, Inc.; PCA Board of Directors
- David Loomes — President, Continental Cement Company; PCA Board of Directors
Q&A